Results 661-680 of 7,975 for speaker:Joe Higgins
- Programmes for Government. (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: I did not call the health service a quango. The Taoiseach should not divert from the issue.
- Programmes for Government. (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Professor Drumm says that we do not need them.
- Programmes for Government. (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: In the context of the review of the implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government, will the Taoiseach consider the increasing outsourcing of responsibility to other agencies? As elected Members of Dáil Ãireann, we cannot ask about these agencies on the floor of the Dáil. I received a number of letters today from your good self, a Cheann Comhairle, rejecting questions I tabled for...
- Programmes for Government. (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: I know that, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Programmes for Government. (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: I do not think any Act states that one must not ask about this or that matter. The legislation gives the Environmental Protection Agency responsibility, but that should be subject to the Government and the Minister who are answerable to elected Members of Dáil Ãireann.
- Leaders' Questions. (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach should look at the meat factories.
- Leaders' Questions. (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: It is going on wholesale. The Taoiseach knows that.
- Leaders' Questions. (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: It is going on in the meat industry and everywhere else.
- Leaders' Questions. (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: The Taoiseach is awareââ
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 626: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if each of the 20 one-teacher schools here will be authorised to employ another adult to guarantee the health and safety of the pupils in these schools. [32883/05]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will designate a specific agency to take overall responsibility for monitoring the health database of persons living near a plant (details supplied) in County Limerick. [32871/05]
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will designate a specific agency to take overall responsibility for monitoring the health database of animals living near a plant (details supplied) in County Limerick. [32871/05]
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 777: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on his inquiries with local authorities regarding the operation of estate management companies where new home-buyers are being billed for services normally provided by local authorities. [33164/05]
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 778: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy of his Department concerning some local authorities requiring that estate management companies in new housing estates are required to fund services normally provided by local authorities from homeowners' fees. [33165/05]
- Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: There has been widespread media coverage as a result of Deputy Catherine Murphy and I raising with the Taoiseach and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the recent phenomenon of management companies in new housing estates and the fees demanded by them. Many media commentators have said they were not aware of this new form of rip-off. The words, "scam", "rip-off"...
- Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: If he directed the guns in the right places it might be okay. Tens of thousands of young home ownersââ
- Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Tens of thousands of new young home buyers saddled with large mortgages, child care costs and so on are now facing this new burden. They want the Government to move immediately to remove this monkey off their backs.
- Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Now there will be endless speculation as to what was the third question. Perhaps the Taoiseach should answer it anyway.
- Leaders' Questions. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: What the Taoiseach said is very interesting. The follow up must be that legislation would be introduced immediately to allow the voiding of the contracts into which people have been forced already so that the management companies can be dissolved and those services can then be provided by the local authorities. The Taoiseach has a personal listening post in the form of a media watch group...
- Legislative Programme. (9 Nov 2005)
Joe Higgins: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's legislative programme for the current Dáil session; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25343/05]